1. Some National Parks across India
…………………………..worth visiting

2. Bandhavgarh National Park
 Located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh was declared a
national park in 1968, with an area of 105km².
 The buffer is spread over the forest divisions of Umaria and Katni and totals 437km².
 The density of the tiger population at Bandhavgarh is one of the highest known in
India.

3. Bandipur National Park
 Located in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It was once a private hunting reserve
for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore.
 The park spans an area of 874km², protecting several species of India's endangered
wildlife.
 A potential new UNESCO World Heritage Site, the park features leopards, elephants,
sloth bears, wild boars and wild dogs.

4. Blackbuck National Park
 Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat
state, India.
 It is spread over an area of 34.08km², which was primarily a "vidi" (grassland) of the
Maharaja of the princely state of Bhavnagar.
 The park primarily includes Blackbucks, Wolves, Houbara bustard, Hyenas and
Lesser Floricans, with foxes, jackals and Jungle Cats as the main carnivores species.

5. Corbett National Park
 Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand , Corbett National Park comprises
520.8km2. area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, and others.
 The park acts as a protected area for the endangered Bengal tiger of India.
 Pioneer in ecotourism, Corbett National Park has 25 reptile species, 580 bird
species, 50 species of mammals and 110 tree species. It was also the first park to
launch a Project Tiger conservation initiative.

6. Eravikulam National Park
 Eravikulam National Park is a 97km² national park located along the Western Ghats
in the Idukki district of Kerala in India.
 Twenty six species of mammals have been recorded in the park including the largest
surviving population of Nilgiri Tahr.
 A new bright reddish-orange-coloured frog with multiple glands and extremely short
limbs has been discovered in the Eravikulam National Park.

7. Gir National Park
 The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary established in 1965, with a total
area of 1412 km² in Gujrat.
 It is the sole home of the Asiatic Lions and is considered to be one of the most
important protected areas in Asia due to its supported species.
 The count of 2,375 distinct fauna species of Gir includes about 38 species of
mammals, around 300 species of birds and around 37 species of reptiles.

8. Hemis National Park
 Hemis National Park is a high altitude national park in the eastern Ladakh region of
the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India.
 Hemis is a 4,400 km² park and is presently the largest national park in South Asia.
 The park is home to a viable breeding population of about 200 snow
leopards, especially in the Rumbak catchment area.

9. Kaziranga National Park
 Kaziranga National Park is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state
of Assam, India.
 A World Heritage Site, the 430km² park hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-
horned Rhinoceroses.
 Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International for
conservation of avifaunal species.

10. Nagarhole National Park
 Located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh was declared a
national park in 1968, with an area of 105km².
 The buffer is spread over the forest divisions of Umaria and Katni and totals 437km².
 The density of the tiger population at Bandhavgarh is one of the highest known in
India.

11. Ranthambore National Park
 Ranthambore National Park is situated in Sawai Madhopur district of southeastern
Rajasthan.
 National Park area: 275km² core area. 392km² including buffer zone.
 Besides tigers, the reserve has thriving bird population with more than 270 different
species of birds here.

12. Simlipal National Park
 Simlipal National Park is a national park and an elephant reserve situated in the
Mayurbhanj district in the Indian state of Orissa.
 The park has an area of 845.70 km² and has some beautiful waterfalls like Joranda
and Barehipani.
 The park is a treasure house of 1076 species of plants belonging to 102 families. 96
species of orchids have also been identified here.

13. Sunderbans National Park
 The Sunderbans National Park (1,330.12km²) is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a
Biosphere Reserve in India. It is located at South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
 The mangrove vegetation of Sundarbans consists of 64 plant species.
 The Sundarbans forest is home to more than 400 tigers. The Royal Bengal Tigers
have developed a unique characteristic of swimming in the saline waters, and are
famous for their man-eating tendencies.